Jack Crawford
John Neville Crawford
Born: 1 December 1886, Cane Hill, Surrey
Died: 2 May 1963, Epsom, Surrey
Major Teams: Surrey, South Australia, Otago, Wellington, England.
Known As: Jack Crawford
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: England v South Africa at Johannesburg, 1st Test, 1905/06
Last Test: England v Australia at Sydney, 5th Test, 1907/08
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1907
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 12 23 2 469 74 22.33 0 2 13 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 367.1 61 1150 39 29.48 5-48 3 0 56.4 3.13
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1904 - 1921)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 210 325 34 9488 232 32.60 15 43 162 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 35469 16842 815 20.66 8-24 57 12 43.5 2.84
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
The best cricketer of a fine cricketing family (his father an
uncle and two brothers also played first-class cricket) , Jack
Crawford was a schoolboy prodigy at Repton, played for his
county at 17, and his country at 19. A complete all-rounder,
described by HS Altham as "a medium paced bowler of beautiful
action, great accuracy, and every possible device, a batsman of
extraordinary power but classic method, and a magnificent field
in any position". He batted with an upright style, with
basically orthodox technique but could hit extremely hard,
especially straight. He toured Australia in 1907-8, where he was
most successful in adapting his bowling to prevailing
conditions. This promising career ended abruptly when he took
issue with the Surrey authorities over the omission of two
professionals from an XI he was to captain against Australia. In
a dispute that with the passage of time seems absurd, neither
side would back down, and Crawford left English first-class
cricket for ten years, moving to Australia, playing Shield
cricket, and only returning to Surrey after the first world war
(Dave Liverman, 1998).
Last Updated: Friday, 16-Aug-2002 09:24:18 GMT
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